BOT's TOP 100 Film Scores: The Threequel: COUNTDOWN COMPLETE! (#1 Page 36!)

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88.
 

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

Original Music by Hans Zimmer

215 Points

#1 Rankings: 1
Top 10 Placements: 2

2015 Placement: 64 (-24)

 

 

 

There was talk about whether or when a Pirates score would show up, well here is an answer. Dropping 24 spots, At World's End is the subject of debate in this thread as to its placement amongst the franchise's music. However you come down on that argument, it seems clear that Zimmer for the third outing provided the most epic and operatic music of the franchise, adding in several new cues and expanding on existing ones as the film ties up character loose ends and barrels towards a final showdown between the pirates and the forces seeking to eliminate them.

 

All 3 of the original Pirates films showed up for 2015. Will that be the case this time around?

 

 

[4815162342]

4 minutes ago, Kalo said:

I haven't seen most of these...

 

I imagine there'll be more 

[Ethan Hunt]

Apollo 13

[chasmmi]

3 hours ago, 4815162342 said:

The next five will be later this afternoon.

 

Three of them are new debuts to the Countdown

 

Just as I accept disappointment upon Mononoke filling the foreign language quota, you build my shattered hopes up almost immediately with this little nugget.

 

Damn you to Hades good sir 

[4815162342]

87.
 

Spoiler

 

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Original Music by Wojciech Kilar

219 Points

2015 Placement: NEW

 

 

 

Another new score graces the countdown, this time coming from the film that could be considered one of Francis Ford Coppola's last notable products. The score by Wojciech Kilar definitely plays into the gothic romance aspect of the film, with lush and vibrant tones that mesh between the romance motifs and the classical creature horror foundation of the story.

 

 

[4815162342]

4 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Apollo 13

 

Really? 

 

REALLY?

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, 4815162342 said:

 

Really? 

 

REALLY?

I guess the score is pretty good. bad movie though

[aabattery]

Just now, Ethan Hunt said:

I guess the score is pretty good. bad movie though

 

[Plain Old Tele]

21 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

89.

 

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Escape from New York (1981)

Original Music by John Carpenter

214 Points

2015 Placement: NEW

 

 

 

In a bit of a surprise surge, we get one of the classic John Carpenter genre movies sneaking into the countdown. Carpenter composed the music for many of his movies and for Escape From New York, he relied heavily on synth sounds and cues to drive up feelings of ambient dread and unease as the film's hero descends into a dystopian city turned into a massive prison, and then tries to escape with the MacGuffin in one piece.

 

 

 

@Telerian alert
 

 

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[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, aabattery said:

 

It's like The Martian except without any fun, tension, or interesting characters

[chasmmi]

I am amazed how good everyone is here at recollecting the scores of every film on this list whether they voted for it or not, the second that Numbers reveals a new position.

 

Apollo 13 was not a film that came to me in my list making as a score to consider, so I have no idea if I should feel outraged it made the list, or disappointed in myself for forgetting it. 

[Plain Old Tele]

Super-stoked EFNY and DRACULA got in. 

[4815162342]

5 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

I guess the score is pretty good. bad movie though

 

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4 hours ago, 4815162342 said:

92.

 

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Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Original Music by Franz Waxman

209 Points

Top 5 Placements: 1

2015 Placement: 96 (+4)

 

 

 

Next up is our oldest film to date on the Top 100, and an old piece of evidence proving the theory of how Hollywood loves to make movies about Hollywood. This of course casts no ill reflection on the music itself, which earned composer Franz Waxman an Academy Award. Waxman litters the film with distorted arrangements of cues and popular styles of film music from prior decades to reflect the deteriorating and warped state of mind of main character Norma Desmond.

 

 

 

Hollywood wasn't too happy with this movie at the time since it didn't show it in the best of lights.  But it was too brilliant to ignore.

 

All hail Billy Wilder.

[Fancyarcher]

Apollo 13's score is great and definitely deserving of its spot, IMO!

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3 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

It's like The Martian except without any fun, tension, or interesting characters

 

[aabattery]

4 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

It's like The Martian except without any fun, tension, or interesting characters

 

[Ethan Hunt]

I mean why do I care this list is already null because Transformers and presumably Gattaca missed

[aabattery]

Just now, Ethan Hunt said:

I mean why do I care this list is already null because Transformers and presumably Gattaca missed

 

[Fancyarcher]

BTW, might wanna mention that Carpenter composed the score in collaboration with Alan Howarth, their first of many collaborations.